DAVIE, JOHN (1827-1916) was in Victoria until 1861, when he crossed to the Otago goldfields. He had had little colonial experience and soon took employment with a mercantile firm in Dunedin. He afterwards practised as an accountant, being auditor for many companies in Otago and secretary of the Roxburgh Amalgamated Mining and other companies. He represented Dunedin City in the Otago Provincial Council (1873-75), and was in the executive in the latter year. He died on 4 Mar 1916.

Otago P.C. Proc.; Otago Daily Times, 6 Mar 1916.

Reference: Volume 2, page 273

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